Michael Laughlin, a 60-year-old security guard for Buckeye Protective Services, was killed while responding to an alarm at Burt Greenwald Chevrolet on Vernon Odom Boulevard in Akron, Ohio. On March 25, 2005, Laughlin was dispatched after a front door window had been broken. He contacted the service shortly after arriving, but communication then stopped and he was later found unresponsive in the dealership parking lot with a fatal gunshot wound to the head.

A witness reported seeing two men struggling at the dealership shortly before shots were heard around 7:30 p.m. Police found no immediate signs of robbery and the motive remains unclear. Authorities have used the witness description in their search but no arrests have been announced and the investigation remains open. If anyone has information that could help resolve who killed Michael Laughlin, please come forward.